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Phaistos Disc

Phaistos Disc Minoan Bronze Age Mystery The Phaistos Disc is a disk of fired clay from the Minoan palace of Phaistos on the island of Crete, possibly...
13:14 17 July 2020

Taft Museum of Art

Taft Museum of Art Virtual Tour The Taft Museum of Art is housed in the 200-year-old historic house that is the oldest residential wooden structure i...
12:07 16 July 2020

“The Last of England” by Ford Madox Brown

The Last of England by Ford Madox Brown The Last of England by Ford Madox Brown depicts two emigrants leaving England to start a new life in Australia...
12:04 16 July 2020

“Italia and Germania” by Friedrich Overbeck

Italia and Germania by Friedrich Overbeck Italia and Germania by Friedrich Overbeck depicts two young women facing each other in front of a landscape....
12:02 16 July 2020

“Self Portrait at the Age of 63” by Rembrandt

Self Portrait at the Age of 63 by Rembrandt Self Portrait at the Age of 63 by Rembrandt was the last in his long series of self-portraits and pai...
8:16 16 July 2020

Christchurch, New Zealand Museums

Museums in Christchurch, New Zealand Virtual Tour Christchurch is the largest city on the South Island of New Zealand and was first settled by Māori ...
6:46 16 July 2020

Alaska Museums

Museums in Alaska Virtual Tour Alaska borders the Canadian province of British Columbia and territory of Yukon to the east and southeast and has a ma...
2:02 16 July 2020

Desert Place of Mshatta Facade

The Desert Place of Mshatta Facade The Mshatta Facade is the decorated part of the façade of the 8th century, Umayyad residential palace of Qasr Mshat...
0:38 16 July 2020

Indonesian Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings

Indonesian Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings ~~~ An empty drum makes the loudest sound. Indonesian Proverb ~~~ Calm water does not mean there are no croc...
0:33 16 July 2020

“Mother and Child” by Mary Cassatt

Mother and Child by Mary Cassatt Mother and Child by Mary Cassatt depict a mother washing a child after getting up from his nap. The mother ...
12:51 15 July 2020

Ostracon of Themistocles

Ostracon of Themistocles These Ostracon of Themistocles are pieces of pottery, broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessels, and...
12:01 15 July 2020

“Ulysses and the Sirens” by John William Waterhouse

Ulysses and the Sirens by John William Waterhouse Ulysses and the Sirens by John William Waterhouse dramatically illustrates an episode from the Greek...
11:25 15 July 2020

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Virtual Tour The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is part of the Golden Triangle of Art, which also includes the Prado and the Rei...
9:38 15 July 2020

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum Virtual Tour The Smithsonian American Art Museum is part of the Smithsonian Institution. It holds one of the largest ...
5:51 15 July 2020

Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Virtual Tour Norman Rockwell (1894 – 1978) was an American painter and illustrator whose works achieved broad popular appeal in their...
6:43 14 July 2020

Saint Louis Art Museum

Saint Louis Art Museum Virtual Tour The Saint Louis Art Museum is an art museum with paintings, sculptures, cultural objects, and ancient masterpiece...
0:39 14 July 2020

Holy Thorn Reliquary

Holy Thorn Reliquary The Holy Thorn Reliquary was created to house a relic of the Crown of Thorns. It is one of a small number of significant works th...
12:51 13 July 2020

Prehistoric Petrosphere

Prehistoric Petrosphere Carved Stone Spheres and Balls Prehistoric Petrosphere Carved Stone Balls are spherical human-made objects made from stone. ...
12:47 13 July 2020

Waterfalls by Katsushika Hokusai

A Tour of the Waterfalls of the Provinces by Katsushika Hokusai A Tour of the Waterfalls of the Provinces by Katsushika Hokusai is a series of la...
11:20 13 July 2020

“The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak” by Albert Bierstadt

The Rocky Mountains, Landers Peak by Albert Bierstadt The Rocky Mountains, Landers Peak by Albert Bierstadt is based on sketches made during Bierstadt...
0:18 13 July 2020

Montgomery, Alabama Museums

Museums in Montgomery, Alabama Virtual Tour Montgomery is the capital of Alabama, located by the Alabama River on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Me...
3:32 12 July 2020

Natural History Museums

Natural History Museums A natural history museum is a scientific institution with natural history collections. The collections may include records of ...
23:58 11 July 2020

“The Allegory of Faith” by Johannes Vermeer

The Allegory of Faith by Johannes Vermeer The Allegory of Faith by Johannes Vermeer was painted about 1670 and depicts a woman in an elegant white and...
11:52 11 July 2020

Charlotte, North Carolina Museums

Museums in Charlotte, North Carolina  Virtual Tour Charlotte is one of the countrys fastest-growing metro areas and home to the corporate headqua...
10:48 11 July 2020

Pilgrim’s Bottle of Saint Menas

Pilgrims Bottle of Saint Menas This ceramic Pilgrims Bottle was used for holy water or oil from the shrine of Saint Menas in Egypt. It was used by pil...
2:38 11 July 2020

Mark Twain House

Mark Twain House Virtual Tour The Mark Twain House and Museum was the home of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) and his family from 1874 to 1891....
0:21 11 July 2020

The Pergamon Altar

The Pergamon Altar Virtual Tour The Pergamon Altar was built about 150 BC on the acropolis or the high point of the ancient Greek city of Pergamon in...
12:49 10 July 2020

South Africa Museums

Museums in South Africa South Africa, is the southernmost country in Africa and about 80% of the population is of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, divide...
5:43 10 July 2020

Archangel Michael, the Commander of the Army of God

Saint Michael and the Dragon by the Sienese School Saint Michael and the Dragon by the Sienese School of the 14th century, is a mystical masterpiece d...
12:46 9 July 2020

Fuentidueña Apse

The Fuentidueña Apse The Fuentidueña Apse is a Romanesque apse which dates to before the 1200s built as part of the San Martín Church at Fuentidueña, ...
10:39 9 July 2020